Greatest Films of Their Genres

[LongsightM13]

Noir - Maltese Falcon
War - Apocalypse Now
Horror - The Shining
British - School for Scoundrels
Out There - Female Trouble
Just Bad - Blackula

Great shout on The Maltese Falcon

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Western I’d go for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

 

[Blue_eyes]

So many great films already listed, some of mine are...

Comedy horror........... American werewolf in London.
Historical adventure....Spartacus
Horror......................The Exorcist
Adventure................Last of the Mohicans
Sci Fi.......................Alien
Summer blockbuser......Jaws
Britsh Thriller.............Get Carter
War.........................Zulu
Gangster...................The Godfather
Western...................The good the bad and the ugly

So many more though, and changes with mood.

 

[JamesMCFC]

Sci Fi - Blade Runner

Horror - Blair Witch

Gangster - Goodfellas

 

[Blue and true]

A few niche genres here, just an excuse to shoe-horn a few favourites into the thread ….

Noir - Chinatown
Western - The Wild Bunch
Conspiracy Thriller - The Parallax View
Sword & Sandals - Spartacus
Screwball comedy - What’s Up Doc
Horror - The Omen
Hitchcock - Vertigo
Epic - Lawrence of Arabia
Science Fiction - Blade Runner

Very good shout on Chinatown

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

So many great films already listed, some of mine are...

Comedy horror........... American werewolf in London.
Historical adventure....Spartacus
Horror......................The Exorcist
Adventure................Last of the Mohicans
Sci Fi.......................Alien
Summer blockbuser......Jaws
Britsh Thriller.............Get Carter
War.........................Zulu
Gangster...................The Godfather
Western...................The good the bad and the ugly

So many more though, and changes with mood.

The debate over The Godfather vs Goodfellas will never end!

 

[KS55]

No room for musicals?
GREASE
WEST SIDE STORY

 

[Big Swifty]

So many great films already listed, some of mine are...

Comedy horror........... American werewolf in London.
Historical adventure....Spartacus
Horror......................The Exorcist
Adventure................Last of the Mohicans
Sci Fi.......................Alien
Summer blockbuser......Jaws
Britsh Thriller.............Get Carter
War.........................Zulu
Gangster...................The Godfather
Western...................The good the bad and the ugly

So many more though, and changes with mood.

Some goodies here. Was watching The Godfather the other night and realised it'll be 50 years old next year. Unbelievable. But it has so many iconic scenes in it and has none of the longueurs that sometimes occur in Part Two, however fine the latter was.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

No room for musicals?
GREASE
WEST SIDE STORY

Sure: South Park — Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Horror - The Shining

SciFi - Empire strikes Back

Action - Lord of the rings

Drama - Good Will Hunting

Gangster - Goodfellas